Gad Saad
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4499162 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Gad Saad |
| PRENOMES | Gad |
| SOBRENOME | Saad |
| ASSINATURA | SAAD G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Concordia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8550-6809 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The revival of the social sciences – inoculation against parasitic ideas and suicidal empathy, and the quest for consilience via the evolutionary lens
To maximally flourish, the social sciences must be inoculated against parasitic ideas (e.g., postmodernism) and suicidal empathy (e.g., an epistemology of care), both of which arise when the pursuit of truth is confounded with social justice activism. Furthermore, the social sciences currently exist in disorganized if not incoherent silos of knowledge void of an organizing meta-theory. The evolutionary lens provides such a unifying framework whil…
The corrosive effects of idea pathogens
Behavioral Decision Theory
Behavioral decision theory describes how individuals actually make decisions rather than how they ought to if they were conforming to axioms of rational choice (as is the case with normative and prescriptive theories). Three main areas of research have been to identify violations of rational choice (e.g., intransitivity of preferences), document a wide range of decision rules used in arriving at a final choice (e.g., the Lexicographic rule), and …
Conspicuous Consumption
Conspicuous consumption is the means by which individuals signal their social standing via a wide range of ostentatious products, services, and pursuits. Consumers scholars have explored many issues dealing with conspicuous consumption such as the development of a scale to capture one's proclivity to engage in the behavior and situational variables that might accentuate one's desire to be showy. On the other hand, evolutionary‐minded researchers …
Neuromarketing
Neuromarketing utilizes apparatuses from the neurosciences (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging or electroencephalography) to investigate individuals' response to marketing stimuli. The assumption is that such data will garner insights beyond those obtained via more traditional methods. Brain activation patterns are contrasted across two states: when performing an experimental task (e.g., viewing an advertisement) versus in a control cond…
Evolutionary Consumption
Evolutionary consumption is a nascent discipline that applies principles of evolutionary psychology in the study of consumer behavior. The same evolutionary forces that are responsible for the evolution of countless biological phenomena have shaped consumers' minds and bodies. Many consumer phenomena could be mapped onto four overriding Darwinian meta‐drives: survival, reproduction, kin selection, and reciprocal altruism. By studying the contents…
The framing effect when evaluating prospective mates
The Consuming Instinct
Editor's Note. In this engaging talk given last February on a particularly cold and blustery day at Texas Tech University, Professor Gad Saad of Concordia University discusses his work in the area of evolutionary consumption. In making the case for understanding consumerism from a Darwinian perspective, Saad addresses several key tenets from his books The Consuming Instinct and The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption . In particular, Saad argues th…
Futures of evolutionary psychology
The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior
The consuming instinct
Sex differences when searching for a mate
Sex differences in the extent of mate search were investigated using two sequential choice processes. In Study 1, attribute search, prior to choosing a mate or rejecting two competing mates, for either a short‐ or long‐term relationship, was explored. Men (women) seeking short‐term relationships were the least (most) likely to reject both suitors. Men acquired a greater number of attributes prior to rejecting mates. The length of the relationship…
Sex differences when searching for a mate
Sex differences in the extent of mate search were investigated using two sequential choice processes. In Study 1, attribute search, prior to choosing a mate or rejecting two competing mates, for either a short‐ or long‐term relationship, was explored. Men (women) seeking short‐term relationships were the least (most) likely to reject both suitors. Men acquired a greater number of attributes prior to rejecting mates. The length of the relationship…
The Consuming Instinct
Editor's Note. In this engaging talk given last February on a particularly cold and blustery day at Texas Tech University, Professor Gad Saad of Concordia University discusses his work in the area of evolutionary consumption. In making the case for understanding consumerism from a Darwinian perspective, Saad addresses several key tenets from his books The Consuming Instinct and The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption . In particular, Saad argues th…
Futures of evolutionary psychology
The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior
Sex differences when searching for a mate
Sex differences in the extent of mate search were investigated using two sequential choice processes. In Study 1, attribute search, prior to choosing a mate or rejecting two competing mates, for either a short‐ or long‐term relationship, was explored. Men (women) seeking short‐term relationships were the least (most) likely to reject both suitors. Men acquired a greater number of attributes prior to rejecting mates. The length of the relationship…
Futures of evolutionary psychology
The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior
The consuming instinct
The Consuming Instinct
Editor's Note. In this engaging talk given last February on a particularly cold and blustery day at Texas Tech University, Professor Gad Saad of Concordia University discusses his work in the area of evolutionary consumption. In making the case for understanding consumerism from a Darwinian perspective, Saad addresses several key tenets from his books The Consuming Instinct and The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption . In particular, Saad argues th…
The framing effect when evaluating prospective mates
Behavioral Decision Theory
Behavioral decision theory describes how individuals actually make decisions rather than how they ought to if they were conforming to axioms of rational choice (as is the case with normative and prescriptive theories). Three main areas of research have been to identify violations of rational choice (e.g., intransitivity of preferences), document a wide range of decision rules used in arriving at a final choice (e.g., the Lexicographic rule), and …
Conspicuous Consumption
Conspicuous consumption is the means by which individuals signal their social standing via a wide range of ostentatious products, services, and pursuits. Consumers scholars have explored many issues dealing with conspicuous consumption such as the development of a scale to capture one's proclivity to engage in the behavior and situational variables that might accentuate one's desire to be showy. On the other hand, evolutionary‐minded researchers …
Neuromarketing
Neuromarketing utilizes apparatuses from the neurosciences (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging or electroencephalography) to investigate individuals' response to marketing stimuli. The assumption is that such data will garner insights beyond those obtained via more traditional methods. Brain activation patterns are contrasted across two states: when performing an experimental task (e.g., viewing an advertisement) versus in a control cond…
Evolutionary Consumption
Evolutionary consumption is a nascent discipline that applies principles of evolutionary psychology in the study of consumer behavior. The same evolutionary forces that are responsible for the evolution of countless biological phenomena have shaped consumers' minds and bodies. Many consumer phenomena could be mapped onto four overriding Darwinian meta‐drives: survival, reproduction, kin selection, and reciprocal altruism. By studying the contents…
The corrosive effects of idea pathogens
The revival of the social sciences – inoculation against parasitic ideas and suicidal empathy, and the quest for consilience via the evolutionary lens
To maximally flourish, the social sciences must be inoculated against parasitic ideas (e.g., postmodernism) and suicidal empathy (e.g., an epistemology of care), both of which arise when the pursuit of truth is confounded with social justice activism. Furthermore, the social sciences currently exist in disorganized if not incoherent silos of knowledge void of an organizing meta-theory. The evolutionary lens provides such a unifying framework whil…
Psychology (9 obras) · Biology (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (4 obras) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 obras) · Evolutionary psychology (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Ecology (3 obras)